joining the community

Im pretty new to programming. Ive taken a couple of C++ classes, but always using Visual Studio and programming w32 based apps. Im looking to get into OpenSource programming, but Ive never done any *Nix programming. Do you all have any suggestions for where to start? Links for beginner Linux developing?
Id like to stay with C++ development. Also any links for explaining CVS and how it works would be appreciated.

http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialC++.html
http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/Lin...lCVSintro.html
http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue78/taneja.html


Cheers,
Tink

another CVS link I quite enjoyed:

http://www.red-bean.com/kfogel/cvs-intro.html